43-Year-Old Islamic Scholar (Imam) Rapes His 15-Year-Old Student In Ibadan, Oyo State

The teacher did not give up. When school resumed on January 5, 2012, he sent somebody to call her. “He asked me why I didn’t go to the place he told me last time to wait for him or at the mosque, to collect the charm he promised me,” said Yetunde. “He told me to wait for him at a bus-stop at about 4.00p.m. and I waited as directed. He came and told me the charm was in his friend’s house. I followed him and when we got to the house, we didn’t see his friend. He knocked on the door but nobody responded.

Later, he told me to follow him to collect the charm; and he took me to a small hut and asked me to remove my clothes. I refused, but he forcibly stripped me naked and thereafter, raped me. I started shouting for help. That was about 5.00p.m. I was angry and left. He gave me N2,000 but I rejected it. I also rejected the holy oil. When I got home, I reported the matter to my elder brother and it was later reported at the Olodo Police Station.

The suspect, whose daughter is a classmate of the victim, said he been wooing Yetunde since September last year. “I always noticed her whenever I was conducting Jumat for them every Friday,” he said. “I have confessed to the police that I raped her. It was the devil that pushed me into this.”

The state’s police spokesperson, Femi Okanlawon, confirmed that the suspect has confessed to the crime and said he would be prosecuted.